CLICKS

I wanted to have a club friendly electro-clash vibe going on with Clicks and I think it worked out pretty well.

Over the years, Dependent Records has introduced electronic music lovers to some fine and genius bands. The newest sensation is hailing from Poland and is called Clicks. I was surprised that the members of this electroclash and bodymusic orientated band are active in Controlled Collapse. This is a real surprising transposition from one style till another, which resultes in what will probably become one of the best albums of 2016. I’ve been in touch with the front man of Clicks for a ‘click interview’.

How did the move happen from Controlled Collapse towards Clicks and tell us a bit more about the kind of sound you had in mind when setting up Clicks?
Kr-lik: It was automatic. Controlled Collapse was the dark moody music for the depressed and disturbed souls. Clicks was the exact opposite. I wanted to have a club friendly electro-clash vibe going on with Clicks and I think it worked out pretty well.

Glitch_Machineis an intriguing title for an album. What’s the meaning behind it and what does it say about your sources of inspiration?
Kr-lik: The name came to me after I wrote the Machine-song that you can find on the bonus single. Clicks, because of its EBM/electro roots is promoted in the so called dark independent scene. But we’re far from the dark setting, so you can call us a glitch in the scene. We decided to show up and just give the scene something to talk about again.

Glitch_Machine is an impressive ‘high-tech’ production revealing elements like ‘patience’ and ‘passion’, but how do you look back at the different aspects of the production and what kind of album did you have in mind?
Kr-lik: Thank you. To me, the album is very straight-forward and it was meant to be exactly like that. All the songs have a club potential, groove and fun. Even though it is our debut album. For the people who know the project for a longer time (since it was started in 2007), it is also a kind of ‘best of’ album. The songs were written in between 2007 and 2015. I can only thank Kamil Łazikowski from Soyuz Studio who did all the additional production, mixing and mastering. He made the songs sound so well together, so he really did an amazing job.

How do you transpose the sound of Clicks on stage and what kind of performance might we expect?
Kr-lik: On stage we’re usually a trio. I do the vocals/vocoders and sometimes I play some additional synths; Tomek plays synths and Łukasz is on drums. Every gig is different due to fact that we improvise quite a lot. We try to maintain the core of the songs, but the rest is really what comes into our minds at the spot. Clicks. Live it is definitely a high dose of electronic energy transported to everyone at the club. We like to party in a hard way.